Video: Robert Downey Jr. is … Iron Man?

posted at 9:05 am on July 30, 2007 by Allahpundit

And the nerds at Comic Con rejoice. Wasn’t Ben Affleck supposed to play this role at some point or am I thinking of something else? At least it’ll be watchable now, if perhaps a bit arch and winkingly campy for a blockbuster. Although with Jon “Swingers” Favreau directing, I guess that was a fait accompli. Iron Man, Irony Man, whatever.

Sabbath on the soundtrack too near the end there, huh? They pulled out all the stops.

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Green arrow? could you really sit thru 2 hours of trumped of liberal propoganda? that’s all green arrow is (or became at least).

green lantern would be pretty cool.

I’m sick of origin movies though. Why do we always have to see how they were created. does anyone not know? and if they don’t know? do they care? as long as stuff gets blown up and the bad guy dies in the end, everyone is happy.

Given the cast and the timing of release, I still have difficulty believing it won’t be an anti-US, anti-capitalist, anti-war, anti-Republican propaganda piece, with a good dose of Islamist moral equivalency thrown in, too, just in case.

No Marvel hero has better Republican credentials than Tony Stark, aka Iron Man. He’s a billionaire industrialist and weapons manufacturer with an Ivy League education and a drinking problem. He’s a staunch anti-communist and served as Secretary of Defense (can we have him back?). In Marvel’s Civil War storyline, Iron Man has drawn a line in the proverbial sand. He wants all superhumans to register with the government, and if you’re not with him, you’re against him. And if you’re against him, look out. He’ll classify you as an enemy combatant and throw your ass into his Negative Zone prison, where U.S. courts have no jurisdiction. No, he’s not considered a supervillain, why do you ask?

Green Arrow is a loose cannon, politically speaking. He’s somewhere to the left of Alec Baldwin on the political spectrum and he’s armed to the teeth with those crazy-ass arrows of his. Green Arrow is an unapologetic leftist. He’s always bitching about how the Justice League are a bunch of fascists and railing against “The Man.” He’s soft on drugs – his sidekick Speedy was a frickin’ junkie! An advocate of redistribution of wealth and his own pinko version of justice, this modern day Robin Hood wants to take your hard-earned money and give it to some soup kitchen or something. Go smoke another joint, hippy!

Given the cast and the timing of release, I still have difficulty believing it won’t be an anti-US, anti-capitalist, anti-war, anti-Republican propaganda piece, with a good dose of Islamist moral equivalency thrown in, too, just in case.

DoD approval and AF help. Let’s calm down on this whole “anti-Republican” film bashing until we actually see the movie. Same people here claimed 28 Weeks Later was fanactially anti-American, yet the film completely validates the US Military firebombing of London.

Also don’t forget Stark was in Afghanistan when he was wounded and captured, probably by the Taliban (updated from the “Vietnamese Warlord”). The Mark I suite battle is against a bunch of islamofascists cave-dwellers, or as the Brit media says, “asian gunmen”.

DubiousD Wow, very good! That was from the TV program Merry Marvel Marching Society’s Marvel Superheroes broadcast on WOR-TV (channel 9)!

ZRyan Yes, Green Arrow has been changed into a liberal during the 1970′s “Hard Travelling Heroes” series with Green Lantern. This decision was made to rejuvenate the GL series and to give new life to GA by tapping on the the issues of the times. Indeed, the first instance of GA changing took place in an old Justice League comic book while he had his old costume on where he complained that the JLA should not just be concerned with the intergalatic threats, that the average person should be able to count on JLA help (as I remember the story). But, his origin has been constantly changed a bit over the years from being a straight laced millionare to a hardcore womanizer to a man who lost his fortune forced to live and fight as a poor man does, to more recently a champaign socialist. But, I must confess I have not seen anything of his advocating redistribution of wealth and kissing the ass of Stalin, Che, and Mao (but, I have not seen recent issues of GA either, so I cannot speak with certainty). But, I would not be surprised if Green Arrow would launch a Che Guevarra arrow someday considering how DC tends to rewrite his character. For those few of you who know me, you know that I am not as conservative as the rest of you. But, for me, there is a difference between social justice and SOCIALIST INJUSTICE of the hardcore leftists of the once great DNP. I think GA is Ok the way he is…for now. When he cuts loose that Che Guevarra arrow, then I will definitely agree with you. Oh, yes, for the record, I don’t smoke weed (I value my brain synapses and I don’t want Michelle to come after me). But, there is a nice evergreen tree outside, so if you have any Bambu Rolling Papers…

Lorien1973 Yes, I would sit through 2 hours to see the archery aspect.